India named a 19-man Test squad for the tour of Australia, which kicks-off with the first of four matches on December 4 in Brisbane.
Karnataka batsman Lokesh Rahul, Uttar Pradesh leg-spinner Karn Sharma and Mahdya Pradesh wicketkeeper-batsman Naman Ojha are the new faces in the squad.
With the selectors preferring youngsters for the arduous tour Down Under, senior players like Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra and Pragyan Ojha failed to make the cut.
Following Monday’s selection, Rajneesh Gupta presents the Test career figures of the touring party along with the players' performance against Australia.
Career Batting & fielding
Mts |
Runs |
Hs |
Avg |
100s |
50s |
0s |
Ct/St |
|
Cheteshwar Pujara |
24 |
1872 |
206* |
49.26 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
18 |
Rohit Sharma |
7 |
489 |
177 |
48.90 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
Ajinkya Rahane |
10 |
678 |
118 |
39.88 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
Virat Kohli |
29 |
1855 |
119 |
39.47 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
28 |
Ravichandran Ashwin |
21 |
894 |
124 |
38.87 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
10 |
656 |
187 |
38.59 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
88 |
4808 |
224 |
38.46 |
6 |
33 |
9 |
243/37 |
Murali Vijay |
27 |
1706 |
167 |
36.30 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
24 |
Suresh Raina |
17 |
768 |
120 |
28.44 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
22 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
11 |
343 |
63* |
24.50 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
12 |
364 |
68 |
21.41 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
Wriddhiman Saha |
2 |
74 |
36 |
18.50 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2/0 |
Mohammed Shami |
9 |
99 |
51* |
9.90 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
Ishant Sharma |
58 |
524 |
31* |
9.36 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
12 |
Umesh Yadav |
9 |
36 |
21 |
6.00 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Varun Aaron |
3 |
18 |
9 |
4.50 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Note: Lokesh Rahul, Naman Ojha and Karn Sharma are yet to make their Test debut.
Career Bowling
Mts |
Wkts |
Best |
Avg |
SR |
RPO |
5I |
10M |
|
Ravichandran Ashwin |
21 |
107 |
7-103 |
28.65 |
59.16 |
2.91 |
9 |
2 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
11 |
28 |
6-82 |
30.25 |
59.32 |
3.06 |
2 |
0 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
12 |
45 |
6-138 |
30.38 |
76.09 |
2.40 |
2 |
0 |
Umesh Yadav |
9 |
32 |
5-93 |
32.50 |
46.41 |
4.20 |
1 |
0 |
Murali Vijay |
27 |
1 |
1-12 |
35.00 |
66.00 |
3.18 |
0 |
0 |
Mohammed Shami |
9 |
32 |
5-47 |
36.31 |
60.00 |
3.63 |
1 |
0 |
Ishant Sharma |
58 |
178 |
7-74 |
36.75 |
65.81 |
3.35 |
6 |
1 |
Suresh Raina |
17 |
13 |
2-1 |
40.92 |
70.85 |
3.47 |
0 |
0 |
Varun Aaron |
3 |
8 |
3-97 |
47.38 |
65.25 |
4.36 |
0 |
0 |
Rohit Sharma |
7 |
1 |
1-26 |
152.00 |
244.00 |
3.74 |
0 |
0 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
10 |
0 |
0-2 |
- |
- |
1.80 |
0 |
0 |
Virat Kohli |
29 |
0 |
0-3 |
- |
- |
2.92 |
0 |
0 |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
88 |
0 |
0-1 |
- |
- |
4.19 |
0 |
0 |
Cheteshwar Pujara |
24 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Ajinkya Rahane |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Wriddhiman Saha |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Career Batting & fielding vs Australia
Mts |
Runs |
Hs |
Avg |
100s |
50s |
0s |
Ct/St |
|
Shikhar Dhawan |
1 |
187 |
187 |
187.00 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Cheteshwar Pujara |
5 |
495 |
204 |
70.71 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
Murali Vijay |
6 |
680 |
167 |
61.82 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Virat Kohli |
8 |
584 |
116 |
44.92 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
Suresh Raina |
2 |
118 |
86 |
39.33 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
17 |
922 |
224 |
36.88 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
43/14 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
4 |
80 |
38 |
26.67 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
4 |
85 |
43 |
21.25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Ravichandran Ashwin |
7 |
183 |
62 |
20.33 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Wriddhiman Saha |
1 |
38 |
35 |
19.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Ishant Sharma |
16 |
164 |
31 |
9.65 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
Umesh Yadav |
4 |
28 |
21 |
9.33 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Ajinkya Rahane |
1 |
8 |
7 |
4.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Career Bowling vs Australia
Mts |
Wkts |
Best |
Avg |
SR |
RPO |
5I |
10M |
|
Ravindra Jadeja |
4 |
24 |
5-58 |
17.46 |
48.33 |
2.17 |
1 |
0 |
Suresh Raina |
2 |
1 |
1-19 |
19.00 |
48.00 |
2.38 |
0 |
0 |
Ravichandran Ashwin |
7 |
38 |
7-103 |
30.21 |
64.63 |
2.80 |
4 |
1 |
Umesh Yadav |
4 |
14 |
5-93 |
39.36 |
50.57 |
4.67 |
1 |
0 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
4 |
6 |
3-31 |
39.83 |
64.00 |
3.73 |
0 |
0 |
Ishant Sharma |
16 |
36 |
4-77 |
44.03 |
80.36 |
3.29 |
0 |
0 |
Virat Kohli |
8 |
0 |
0-3 |
- |
- |
2.89 |
0 |
0 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Cheteshwar Pujara |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Murali Vijay |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Wriddhiman Saha |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Ajinkya Rahane |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |